This analysing text worksheet ‘Bruce Gets a Hand in Art Class’ supports students to predict the outcome of a narrative text about an imaginary hand. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask questions and use their personal experience, along with clues provided in the story to guess what will happen next and consider how …More
This quick reference chart ‘Predicting Meaning’ gives students different tactics to predict the meaning of a story. It encourages students to use their personal experience and clues from tone and expression to guess the meaning of a sentence with little or no context.
This quick reference chart ‘Questioning and Clarifying’ shows students questions to ask themselves to help them better understand a text. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask themselves questions as they read a text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose and make a personal connection with the story.
This quick reference chart ‘Questioning, Clarifying and Predicting’ shows students questions to ask while reading a text to help them understand it. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask themselves questions as they read a text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, guess what will happen next and make a …More
This understanding text worksheet ‘The Baby-sitter’ supports students to predict the outcome of a narrative text about a girl who is baby-sitting during a scary storm. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask questions and use their personal experience, along with clues provided in the story to guess what will happen next and consider …More
This reading activity, ‘The Beach’ provides opportunities for practice with reading a passage about the beach and answering comprehension questions.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Unprepared’ supports students to predict the outcome of a narrative text and to identify with the main character. It is aimed at encouraging students to ask questions and use their personal experience, along with clues provided in the story to guess subsequent details and write the end of the story in …More
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